Christmas shoppers at S.S. Kresge, 1948

Christmas shoppers filled the S.S. Kresge store in downtown Lexington on Dec. 9, 1948. S.S. Kresge, a Detroit-based company, brought its 5 and 10 cent stores to Lexington in 1912. The downtown store was at 250 West Main Street, across from Cheapside Park. The store closed in 1967 and is now the site of the Lexington Financial Center, more commonly known as the “Big Blue Building.” The S.S. Kresge Co. was renamed Kmart Corp. in 1977. Click here to see another photo from the store, this time of people shopping for Valentines. Herald-Leader Archive Photo